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1784 in music
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Overview of the events of 1784 in music
Overview of the events of 1784 in music
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Events
January 5
– In Paris,
Antonio Salieri
signs a contract with the
Opéra
for a work entitled
Les Danaïdes
.
[1]
January 7
– Composer
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
marries Amélie de Villemagne.
[1]
February 9
– The
Piano Concerto No. 14
becomes the first entry in the catalogue of works by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
.
[1]
March – 28-year-old Mozart gives the first performances of his
Piano Concerto No. 15
at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna.
April 24
– Mozart writes to his father
Leopold
, recommending the work of newcomer
Ignaz Pleyel
.
[1]
April 29
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist
Regina Strinasacchi
perform Mozart's Sonata in B-flat for Violin and Keyboard (K.454) for the first time, in the presence of
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
.
May 27
–
June 5
–
Handel Commemoration
concerts in
Westminster Abbey
, London.
June 13
–
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
's Piano Concerto No. 17 is performed for the first time, by his student,
Barbara von Ployer
.
Giovanni Paisiello
is in the audience.
August 17
–
Luigi Boccherini
is given a pay rise of 12000 reals by his employer, the
Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón
.
[1]
August 28
– In Vienna,
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
's Mass in E flat is performed for the first time, with the orchestral arrangement replaced by organ accompaniment, in accordance with the preferences of
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
.
[1]
December 11
– Mozart is received into the Masonic lodge "Beneficence".
The first opera is mounted at the unfinished
Teatro Nuovo
in
Bergamo
, Lombardy,
Giuseppe Sarti
's
Medonte, re di Epiro
.
Classical music
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
– Journal d'orgue 1–9
Niel Gow
– A Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc.
Joseph Haydn
6 Divertimentos, Hob.IV:6–11
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:40 (no. 54)
Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, Hob.XVI:41 (no. 55)
Keyboard Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42 (no. 56)
24 Lieder, Hob.XXVIa:13–24 (second book)
Michael Haydn
– Symphony in B-flat major; Symphony in C major
Sabine Hitzelberger
–
Für fülende Seelen am Klavier
Edward Jones
–
Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards
, including "
Deck the Halls
"
Leopold Kozeluch
– Keyboard Concerto in F major, P.IV:1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14
Piano Concerto No. 15
Giovanni Paisiello
– Six quartets, Op. 1
Joseph Reicha
– Cello Concerto in D major
Giovanni Battista Viotti
– Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D major; Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D minor
Opera
Pasquale Anfossi
–
Issipile
, May 8, King's Theatre, London.
[1]
Luigi Cherubini
–
L'Idalide
Domenico Cimarosa
L'apparenza inganna
Artaserse
I due supposti conti
I matrimoni impensati
L'Olimpiade
, July 10, Teatro Eretenio, Vicenza.
[1]
La vanità delusa
André Grétry
L'épreuve villageoise
Richard Coeur de Lion
Joseph Haydn
–
Armida
Thomas Linley
–
The Spanish Rivals
Antonio Salieri
Les Danaïdes
Il ricco d'un giorno
(libretto by
Lorenzo Da Ponte
)
Andrea Luchesi
–
Ademira
Giovanni Paisiello
–
Il Re Teodoro
Niccolò Piccinni
–
Diane et Endymion
Antonio Sacchini
–
Dardanus
Births
January 1
–
William Beale
, composer and organist (died
1854
)
January 27
–
Martin-Joseph Mengal
, composer (died
1851
)
January 29
–
Ferdinand Ries
, composer
February 3
–
John Fane
, composer and diplomat
February 27
–
Job Plimpton
, composer (died
1864
)
March 25
–
François-Joseph Fétis
, Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher (died
1871
)
April 8
–
Dionisio Aguado
, guitarist and composer (died
1849
)
June 14
–
Francesco Morlacchi
, opera composer (died
1841
)
July 27
–
George Onslow
, composer (died
1853
)
August 5
–
Louis Spohr
, composer, violinist and conductor (died
1859
)
August 23
Jeanette Wässelius
, operatic soprano (died
1853
)
Henriette Löfman
, composer (died
1836
)
October 15
–
Thomas Hastings
, composer (died
1872
)
October 16
–
Karl Keller
, composer and flautist (died
1855
)
November 7
–
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner
, German pianist and composer
date unknown
–
Samuel Simms
, organist and composer (died
1868
)
November 28
–
Ferdinand Ries
, composer and friend of Beethoven (died
1838
)
Deaths
March 4
–
Ann Cargill
, opera singer (born 1760) (drowned)
July 1
–
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
, composer (born 1710)
[2]
August –
Louis Anseaume
, opera librettist
August 6
–
Karl Kohaut
, lutenist and composer (born 1726)
August 4
–
Giovanni Battista Martini
, composer (born 1706)
September
John Bennett
, organist and composer (born c.1735)
Maria Linley
, singer (born 1763)
September 12
–
Manuel Blasco de Nebra
, organist and composer (born 1750)
October 5
(or 1785) –
Antonín Kammel
, violinist and composer (born
1730
)
November 6
–
Anine Frölich
, ballet dancer (born 1762)
date unknown
John Pixell
, poet and composer (born
1725
)
Yekaterina Sinyavina
, pianist and composer (date of birth unknown)
Related Research Articles
The year
1791 in music
involved some significant events.
References
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